A Day In The Life: Supporting Airdrops in South Sudan

Learn how WFP is delivering hope to families facing famine—and how one foundation of aviation experts is helping make this work possible.

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Children Sleeping in Open Air

Escalating violence in southern Syria continues to displace families from their homes.

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Protecting Rohingya Refugees, Come Rain or High Water

WFP engineers are in a race against time to create safe land in the world’s largest refugee camp where the most vulnerable will be relocated before the next crisis strikes.

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Pushing the Boundaries in South Sudan

By air, by river, by road. The race to stop looming famine means the World Food Programme (WFP) is leaving no stone unturned to gain access to people in need.

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Circumventing the Threat of Rain in South Sudan

With the rainy season set to start next month, WFP is moving mountains to pre-position lifesaving food for people in need.

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Breaking News: Food Reaches Besieged Area in Syria

Since 2013, 400,000 people have been trapped in a besieged area of Syria without reliable access to food and medicine.

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By Any Means Necessary: How WFP Is Preventing Famine in South Sudan

For 239 days, WFP has employed every means of food delivery available, from airdrops and barges up the Nile to convoys of trucks, all transporting lifesaving food.

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10 Innovations Changing How The U.N. Delivers Food

When it comes to fighting global hunger, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is always evolving. 

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Rebuilding Infrastructure and Livelihoods in Rural Afghanistan

In the face of immense challenges, some rural communities in Afghanistan are building their own resilience to natural disasters. Supporting other communities to do the same will transform the lives of millions who currently depend on assistance to survive floods and droughts.

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Airdrops Once Saved His Family. Now Garang Helps Arrange Them For Others.

‘People had only wild fruits and leaves to eat… and hunting, but most animals had run away because of the war.’

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Dispelling Three Food Waste Myths to Protect our Food Supply

Karl Deily, the President of Sealed Air Corporation, breaks down the top three food waste myths and explains how we can do more to protect our food supply.

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WFP’s Rapid Response, Explained

WFP and UNICEF designed the simple yet innovative Integrated Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) to deliver urgently needed supplies to families in hard-to-reach areas.

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